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Student Success & Retention Services (SSRS)

Student Success & Retention Services (SSRS) . Summer Bridge First Year Experience Puente Project Sankofa Scholars Program. SSRS MISSION. to create an enhanced academic and retention support program to enable academic success. Summer Bridge. Eases transition from high school to college

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Student Success & Retention Services (SSRS)

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  1. Student Success & Retention Services(SSRS) Summer Bridge First Year Experience Puente Project Sankofa Scholars Program

  2. SSRS MISSION • to create an enhanced academic and retention support program to enable academic success

  3. Summer Bridge • Eases transition from high school to college • 4-unit course, Life Skills in Higher Education • 1-unit Orientation to College

  4. SUMMER BRIDGEWhy Participate? • Meet other first-time college students • Learn what’s needed to succeed in college • Early enrollment in First Year Experience

  5. First Year Experience • Three (3) linked courses Fall, Winter, & Spring quarters including: • English classes: writing & reading classes through your first college-level composition course. Linked with: • Additional college-level classes such as sociology, arts, psychology, economics

  6. First Year ExperienceWhy Participate? • Remain with the same group of students during your first year • Earn up to 45 general education units in one year • Learn from fantastic faculty

  7. Puente ProjectEnglish Instruction • English Writing (EWRT 211) – Fall quarter • English Writing (EWRT 1A) – Winter Quarter – transfer-level course • Exploration of Mexican American/Latino experience, history and culture

  8. Puente ProjectCounseling • Puente counselor to prepare Puentistas for transfer • HUMA 20, Life Skills in Higher Education – Fall quarter • COUN 80, Latina/o Issues in Higher Education – Winter quarter

  9. Puente ProjectMentoring • Academically & professionally successful mentors from the community • Provide resources for Puente students, family, and the community

  10. Sankofa Scholars Program • Affiliated with state-wide Umoja Program • Addresses retention, persistence and success of African-ancestry students although open to all students • Enables students to see themselves within a positive historical and cultural context

  11. Sankofa Scholars Program • Integrated instruction and student services • Courses with emphasis on African Ancestry history and literature • Counseling • Mentoring

  12. Benefits of SSRS Programs Supportive community of students and staff Outstanding teaching faculty, counselors, and staff who care about your success

  13. Benefits (continued) • Counseling: academic, career, and personal • Peer Advisors • Home-base

  14. Field trips and cultural events • Social activities

  15. Benefits (continued) • Tutoring • Study groups • Workshops • Computer lab for SSRS students only

  16. SUMMER BRIDGE First Year Experience AAPI FYE Sankofa

  17. PUENTECOUN. 100 CLASS PUENTE Learning Community

  18. STAFF Alicia Cortez Puente Coordinator/ Counselor Howard Irvin Dean of Counseling & Matriculation David Coleman SSRS Director/Counselor Patty Guitron, SB/FYE Coordinator/Counselor Pauline Wethington Counselor Trish Rios Gibson Counselor Will Madden Academic Advisor Dina Crumpton Administrative Asst. Maria Perezalonso Academic Advisor Angelita Pabros, Division Administrative Asst.

  19. Graduating SSRS Peer Advisors Tigist Keneni UC San Diego Whitnee Garrett UC Berkeley or UC Davis Heart Iloa UC Los Angeles Luis Carrillo San Francisco State

  20. 2009-2010 SSRS Peer Advisors Kadija Munye Danny Briones Sophia Hyatt

  21. SUCCESS!!!!

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